Nepalese

[ nep-uh-leez, -lees ]

/ ˌnɛp əˈliz, -ˈlis /

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adjective

of or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun, plural Nep·a·lese for 2.

a native or inhabitant of Nepal.

Nepali (def. 1).

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Origin of Nepalese

First recorded in 1810–20; Nepal + -ese

Words nearby Nepalese

neoytterbium, Neozoic, NEP, NEPAD, Nepal, Nepalese, Nepali, Nepean, nepenthe, nepenthes, neper

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How to use Nepalese in a sentence

“GNRD has zealously fought to eliminate abuse of Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar,” the organization said in a statement.
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It also has a nasty civil rights record of expelling its Nepalese minority of the country.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class|Joel Kotkin|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jonas Fleury used to sell homemade liquor and food to the Nepalese soldiers.
United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti|Jonathan M. Katz|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Long-eared statues show Nepalese influence, even the Buddhist images being girt with the sacred cord of Brahma.
Through the Malay Archipelago|Emily Richings

Some of the inhabitants of Phari say that it was built more than a hundred years ago, when the Nepalese were overrunning Sikkim.
The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler
He says that the Nepalese highly prize this little animal for its services in ridding houses of rats.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale
Cardamoms are a valuable crop in the same locality, and also in the Nepalese Himalayas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
They were very hardy and got on well with the Tibetans, who were always rather suspicious of our Nepalese coolies.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

British Dictionary definitions for Nepalese

Nepalese

/ (ˌnɛpəˈliːz) /

adjective

of or relating to Nepal or its inhabitants

noun plural -ese

a native or inhabitant of Nepal

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